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On Thursday, the nominees for the Fighters Only 2016 World MMA Awards were announced. Fans can vote for their favorite nominees at WorldMMAAwards.com. Voting is now open and will run through Friday, Jan. 31, 2016 at 12 Midnight PT. This marks the eighth annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards ceremony and will take place on...

Last night UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor headed out to celebrate New Year’s Eve with his longtime girlfriend Dee Devlin. McGregor posted two photos to his Instagram, giving fans an insight into what it’s like to be the king of the featherweight division. While McGregor currently doesn’t have a fight booked, there’s much speculation as...

Earlier this morning fight fans witnessed the impressive return of Fedor Emelianenko. ‘The Last Emperor’ managed to pick up an impressive 1st round TKO win over a much larger Jaideep Singh. Of course after the bout the MMA community as well as most of Twitter went wild with talks of “Fedor’s back!” One interesting thing...

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This is the scene at the MGM Grand Garden Arena right now
The Las Vegas strip will be all pic.twitter.com/MoNoNDrSp0 — MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday) December 13, 2015 There's only one Conor McGregor being sung by the Irish fans as they leave the MGM Grand Garden Arena. #UFC194 pic.twitter.com/079T2tig1c — Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA)...

Yesterday was quite possibly one of the harder Holidays for fighter’s to celebrate. While most people gorge themselves on food, many fighters were forced to stay on their fight-camp diets. See how the MMA community celebrated Thanksgiving below! Walking into #Thanksgiving dinner like… pic.twitter.com/kdzbVXyD7Y — UFC (@ufc) November 26, 2015 HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! | |...

Reza Madadi made his return to the UFC this past Saturday at ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ where he lost via unanimous decision to Norman Parke. The loss was the first time Madadi stepped into the Octagon in over 2 years, and also served as his first bout back in the UFC after being released due...

In the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ Louis Smolka walked into hostile territory and defeated Ireland’s own Paddy Holohan in front of his hometown crowd. Twitter immediately went wild afterward, and we have compiled the best reactions for your viewing pleasure. Time for the #UFCDublin Main Event!
@PaddyHolohanMMA vs @LastSamuraiUFC
LIVE on @UFCFightPass pic.twitter.com/4v7Z6vj2yT —...

It was reported last week that UFC light heavyweight Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson wanted to fight Ryan Bader. That was what his manager said and Rumble had yet to publicly say anything about Bader. Until now that is. The fighter took to his Facebook and posted rant about how Bader is calling himself the number one...

It was announced yesterday that UFC heavyweight Stipe Miocic had suffered an injury and had to pull out of his scheduled fight with Ben Rothwell, which was set for Oct. 24 in Dublin, Ireland. It was reported that the UFC was looking for a last minute replacement to take on Rothwell, but now it looks...

UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is now in a very public and highly talked about relationship with heavyweight Travis Browne. With Rousey’s star power it’s likely that any relationship she has would be examined and discussed, just like all other celebrities, but because it’s Travis Browne, who just went through domestic abuse allegations and had...

MMA legend Wanderlei Silva will once again go in front of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The last time he was there the Brazilian was handed a lifetime ban for running from a drug test. Since then the retired fighter has been pretty vocal, speaking out against the UFC for shady practices. However, a district...

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson hasn’t fought since April of this year, when he defeated Fábio Maldonado via unanimous decision. Jackson is actually on a four-fight win streak, dating back to his three fights under the Bellator banner. However, according to the MMA legend, we might never see him fight again. His issue with Bellator is still...

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will defend his title for the first time at this Saturday’s UFC 192, when he takes on Alexander Gustafsson. Ahead of that scrap, Cormier’s coach, Javier Mendez, recently talked on The MMA Hour and said that he thinks the champ isn’t exactly getting the credit he deserves as the...

You really know you’ve made it when you get a llama named after you. That is the pinnacle of success. If you don’t have a llama named after you then get the heck out of here. But really, a llama in Portobello Resort, in Brazil, was named after the UFC bantamweight champion. There was a...

On Tuesday Bellator MMA announced a brand new event with Bellator 146 featuring a main event between middleweights Hisaki Kato and Melvin Manhoef. The event is set to take place on Nov. 20 n Thackerville, OK.. No other fights have been announced at this time. Kato is known for that surprising one punch KO...

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski will look to get one step closer to holding the title again when he fights fellow former champion Frank Mir at UFC 191, going down tonight in Las Vegas. Ahead of the fight Arlovski’s coach, Greg Jackson, spoke with the Three Amigos Podcast about the heavyweight and what...

A trilogy bout between Artem Levin and Joe Schilling will have to wait. The Glory middleweight champion, Levin, recently suffered an elbow injury in training that has forced him to pullout of his highly-anticipated fight with “Stitch ’em Up”. Stepping in for Levin against Schilling will be Jason “Psycho” Wilnis (24-5-1). The 24-year-old Wilnis last...

UFC 191 will feature a highly anticipated main event title fight between flyweights Demetrious Johnson and John Dodson, a rematch of a very close fight where Johnson got the decision win. Since then Dodson has been laying claim that the belt should belong to him and that he’s the only one that’s even rocked the...

UFC welterweight and upcoming title challenger Carlos Condit is in a similar position to that of women’s bantamweight Holly Holm, sort of, maybe. The two were given title shots unexpectedly, after another contender was assumed to be getting the next crack at the belt. In Condit’s situation that was Johny Hendricks. The former champ, Hendricks,...

UFC middleweight Luke Rockhold will fight the champ, Chris Weidman, at UFC 194. Ahead of that scrap the two have had their fair share of verbal exchanges. One takes a shot at the other, than the other takes a shot back. This has already been going on for a while and most likely will go...

“I’m not concerned about (PED use) at all. I was just trying to get a rise out of him … that’s all. Maybe he worked hard and does what he has to do. I was just trying to get a rise, piss him off, get a stir.” UFC lightweight title contender Donald Cerrone will...

UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman will face challenger Luke Rockhold at UFC 194. After that? Who knows, maybe he’ll fight former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. In a recent Q&A via the New York Mets Twitter account, Weidman answered questions from fans that ranged from all sorts of topics. One of them had to do...

Another day, another Twitter war. In what’s starting to become common practice, two Bellator champions engaged in a heated back and forth on the good ol’ 140 characters or less platform. Bellator bantamweight champ Patricio Freire kicked things off by poking lightweight champion Will Brooks with a jab about their placement on the Bellator 145...

UFC featherweight Chad Mendes lost a tough fight to, now, interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor. At UFC 189 Mendes took on McGregor on two weeks notice after Jose Aldo pulled out with a rib injury. Mendes went into the fight and looked good early, taking McGregor down and keeping him down while he landed good...

UFC bantamweight contender Raphael Assuncao (23-4 MMA) will have to undergo surgery on his right ankle this Thursday in Atlanta. Assuncao’s manager Danny Rubenstein confirmed the news to MMAFighting.com. According to the report, Assuncao had injured his ankle back in December, but was told by doctors that the injury did not require surgery. However, he...

“All in all, the real truth, when I saw Conor McGregor drop down to 145, the guy is my size, he’s not bigger. Straight up. He is my size if not bigger. And I was like, ‘Whoa, look at this guy, he has a huge size advantage going into all of his fights.’ He has...

“That’s what I’m working for very hard every day, one more win and I will fight for the title. (Fabricio) Werdum has that title right now. He made an excellent resurgence, he’s a completely different fighter. I have to say I’m also a completely better fighter since we last fought, so I’m close. One more...

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